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Perhaps next you can do a guide to accurate NDB holds and arrivals?
I thought I'd write a little ILS tutorial for Flight Simulator. I hope you find it helpful even if it's small.
To start with we'll familiarize ourselves with the cockpit. This is the default 737 cockpit which I will use throughout.
Let's run through the various aspects
The Radio Stack
Pressing the button indicated brings up the radio stack as shown
If you look down the centre you will see the labelled radios as COMM1 - COMM2 - NAV1 - NAV2 - Transponder - ADF.
What we are interested in here is the Nav1 & 2 radios plus the ADF, also at the very bottom of the stack is the IDENT buttons for each radio, these are very important too. More on this later.
The MCP (Mode Control panel)
This is basically the autopilot panel, on it you will see the flight Director, the Autothrottle and the various other Autopilot modes along with the all important course selector, all the aspects being discussed will come together later.
The AI (Attitude Indicator)
We'll be using this to obtain our Vref in lieu of an FMC, also it shows the Glideslope & Localizer deviation in Magenta.
The HSI (Horizontal Situation Indicator)
This is a wonderful bit of kit which warrants more explanation, to start with we have a rotating compass rose which always orientates the heading you are flying to North, so in this example you can see we are heading 183deg and the 183deg on the compass rose is facing north.
Emanating from the centre you can see a white bar with space in the middle that is lying East/West, with the left hand side having a dagger shape, this whole bar is called the Course Select Pointer, and the dagger part is the heading that is selected, in this case 094deg, this is depicted by the "Course" selector on the MCP above, and is also displayed on the HSI in the bottom right hand corner.
In the bottom left hand corner you can see Nav in red, this means we're in Nav mode and not GPS mode, and in the top left hand corner it displays the Nav1 radio info if it is being received, i.e if you are in radio range, in this case we have tuned the ILS for rwy 09R at Heathrow, if the ILS has a co-located DME this will be displayed as well, in our example we are 6.7nm away. The ILS Morse IDENT is displayed too which is ILL.
When using Nav aids you must ident them, this is where the IDENT buttons come in at the bottom of the radio stack, click the Nav1 white button, you should then hear the Morse ident of IBB which will be .. / .-.. / .-..
Click the ident button off once done, the noise will get on your nerves.
On the right hand side there is a scale with a magenta triangle, this is your Glideslope information, as I am flying downwind in this example you can see that I am way above the Glideslope at the moment.
In the middle of the compass rose you can see a magenta bar, this is the Localizer info, this bar is called the CDI or the Course Deviation Indicator, because we are flying the ILS this is called the Localizer deviation bar, both the Glideslope triangle and the Loc. deviation bars are what we call "Fly To" commands, so the GS & LOC are where the magenta indicators are.
More on the HSI and particularly the course selector later.
The RMI (Radio Magnetic Indicator)
During the approach I use this for a couple of things, on the top you have 2 digital numbers, these are the DME readouts for the nav1 and nav2 radios provided the aids you tuned are DMEs or have co-located DMEs, the left one being Nav1 and the right being Nav2, in my example you can see by looking at the Radio Stack that I have 109.50 tuned to nav1 which is the ILS/DME for rwy 09R, and 113.60 tuned to nav2 which is the LON VOR/DME.
You can also use it for the ADF, so if you tune an NDB in the ADF window on the radio stack, ident it, then you can have it displaying on the RMI by clicking the black boxes in the bottom left and right corners to display "ADF" in the bottom centre, you can obviously have the ADF and another Navaid tuned at the same time.
First off we need some information for our nav radios, like the frequency of the ILS, the magnetic heading or QDM of the runway we are landing on, any nav aids like an NDB and VOR/DME etc, we can find this info in our map setting which brings up the map, you can then zoom to your airfield and double click it to bring up a window like this
As we can see from this info we have the Runway details along with the IDENTS, the frequencies and the Runway magnetic headings, which will be your "course" heading entered into the MCP panel, this moves your Course Selector needle to the magnetic heading of the runway.
If you open this window and scroll up you will find all the relevant nav aid frequencies for Heathrow, the VOR is 113.60, the NDB is 424, enter these along with your relevant runway freq into the nav radios making sure your runway ILS freq goes in the nav1, the VOR freq in Nav2 and the NDB freq into the ADF, then set the course on your MCP to the course of your runway, in my case I am landing on 09R, so I have entered 094, you may say, well isn't it 093? yes it probably is, but I use FSNav for my map displays, so there may be a "slight" discrepancy, use the info from whatever program you use.
Once we have all the navaids tuned and IDENTed, we are now ready to commence the procedure, now in lieu of a STAR procedure we'll fly a circuit pattern at Heathrow and show the relevant displays in the cockpit and how you can orientate yourself using the HSI, we'll start flying the crosswind leg shown in this picture along with our circuit pattern route for those not familiar with circuits, also we do not want to be climbing high now, so we will cap it at 2500ft, this is the normal altitude alot of airports get you at to intercept the ILS.
The view in the cockpit on the HSI is as follows.
As you can see the Course Selector Needle is still pointing to 094, and if you look at the 2 pictures you can see this is the direction of the runway in relation to our aircraft with the "dagger" part of the CSN in the direction we'll be landing in.
So we are at 2500ft, 220kts and nicely setup on crosswind.
Next the downwind leg, an FSNav picture will show our position in relation to the airfield, and is as follows
And the view from the cockpit with the Course Selector Needle still at 094
This obviously doesn't move unless you enter a new value, but you can now see the dagger part of it pointing downwards which shows us to be on the reciprocol heading, so landing in the opposite direction. If you look at the CDI or course deviation indicator which is the magenta bar you will see if you rotated the dagger and the magenta bar so it's pointing "north" the magenta bar will be on the right, then look at my FSNav pic above the runway is on the right, so we are still orientating ourselves using the HSI.
Next we are on base leg, still holding 2500ft but have slowed to 185kts, we are looking for about a 10nm intercept, what we don't want is a 20nm final approach. This FSNav pic shows us on base leg heading to intercept the Localizer
And this pic shows the view in the cockpit, showing the HSI
If you look at the dagger now it is pointing to the right with the magenta CDI to the "left" of it, which figures because the runway is still "left" of us if we now turned onto the runway heading from our position. Also on the HSI is the cyan pointer for the ADF, this points "To" the station at all times, so we can take a relative bearing of the ADF is necessary for non-precision approaches etc.
If you look on the HSI & the AI you will see we are well below the glideslope with the magenta Glideslope triangle way above us on the right hand scale.
Next is the Localizer intercept, if we keep going towards the localizer on our current heading we will intercept the localizer at 90 degrees, this is hard to judge when to turn to final to intercept, and the likelyhood is you will fly through the centreline, so ATC "generally" get's you to intercept at 45deg, so we need to turn right a further 45deg from our current heading, what you would normally do now is hit the "APP" button on the MCP, this allows the autopilot to capture the LOC and has armed the Glideslope capture, this next FSNav pic shows this
And the same view from the cockpit showing the HSI, which again is a great orientating instrument
You can see the 45deg angle now on the HSI and course selector needle, if you do not have this set to the runway heading you can get in serious strife if in IMC.
Next shows an FSNav shot of me flying slightly through the Localizer.
As you can see I have drawn in an extended centreline in red, we are left of the centreline
Next this shows the view from the cockpit, you can see on the HSI the magenta CDI is to the right, which means we must turn right to intercept it, this shot is a great example of why the correct course needs to be entered, the "dagger" is pointing down the runway and orientated at the top of the HSI when on rwy heading, if this dagger was pointing elsewhere you would find using the magenta CDI needle very difficult indeed. Also note the magenta triangle at the bottom of the AI, this is basically the same as the magenta CDI bar, so now we're letting the autopilot track the LOC (Localizer)
Now we'll talk about the Glideslope and it's deviation triangle, basically as you are flying down the centreline on the Localizer this is the situation you are presented with.
As you can see we are below the glideslope flying straight and level, eventually we will "intercept" the Glideslope beam. If you look on the HSI in the last cockpit shot you will see the Glideslope deviation triangles on the HSI & AI above the centre, you can generally only capture the Glideslope beam from below it, and as we have the "APP" pressed on the MCP it will do this automatically, as we get closer to the glideslope beam the magenta triangles will start to move down the side of the HSI & AI
You now have 2 options here, you can let the Autopilot "grab" the Glideslope, to me this always seems to be very harsh and flightsim seems to chase it a little, over correcting each time, what I do before the autopilot grabs it is to wind my altitude in the MCP window to zero, but do it as quick as possible because flightsim will put you in an 1800ft per minute descent, I zero the altitude, then quickly zero the vertical speed, so as I get closer to the GS beam and the magenta triangle moves down I start a small descent of about 400fpm, this stops the intercept being harsh if you know what I mean, it works for me.
Once established on the ILS with LOC & GS captured I can start thinking of my Vref, that is my speed across the threshold, what you look for in jet is to be about 4deg nose up attitude at Vref speed, this primarily prevents a nose in landing, you should not be at Vref at 15nm out, I aim to be at Vref about 4nm out which will be about the OM (Outer Marker) point, so fully configured, full flaps and gear down by 4nm, the follwing picture shows our Vref
Here we have 2.9nm to run, we have a speed of 121kts which is slightly out, the replay never displays the speed correctly, it was infact 125kts, you can see looking at the AI that we have a 4deg nose up attitude, so we're not diving it into the runway, I am actually on manual at this point hand flying it, as soon as I hit Vref I switch off the autopilot, so looking out the window here everything looks good.
To find Vref in lieu of an FMC which would give you it make sure you are descending on the GS, and make sure you are fully configured, if your nose attitude is too low then you are too fast, so slow down 5kts then wait for the change, it may need another 5kts off to get there, conversely if your nose attitude is too high then you are too slow, so increase speed by 5kts and wait for the change, remember be patient, jets are heavy and carry alot of inertia, once you hit between 3-5deg nose up you have found your Vref but again, only providing you are fully configured & descending on the ILS
This next shot from the outside shows our slight nose high attitude whilst descending on the Glideslope.
This concludes this tutorial, I will sum a some points below, if I have missed anything please shout up.
Make sure all the nav radios are tuned and idented
Ensure the correct Runway QDM is entered into the Course Selector on the MCP
Try to be at 2500ft for the LOC & GS intercept, making sure you intercept the LOC first, then fly "into" the GS beam.
Try not to have a 20nm final approach, make it 10nm at the most, or if it is infact a visual approach make it no more than 4nm.
Use the HSI and the Course Selector Needle for orientation.
Hit Vref at 4nm or the OM, whichever is sooner.
Don't dive your plane downwards like it is a Cessna 152, remember you're not aiming to touch down on the threshold, but on the touchdown zone some 1000ft past it
Normally a glideslope beam is a 3 deg glidepath, to remain on a 3deg glidepath you can do a little calculation, your ROD (Rate Of Descent) should be 5 x your Groundspeed, so for a groundspeed of 140kts your ROD should be 700fpm, remember this is groundspeed and not indicated airspeed.
You can work out what altitude you need to be at as well during the approach, basically for every 1nm you are away you should be 300ft above the airfield, so if you are 5nm out on the ILS your altitude should be about 1500ft.
Good luck
Last edited by Deano; 11th December 2006 at 01:49.
Perhaps next you can do a guide to accurate NDB holds and arrivals?
See how they wheel, bank and glide? Perfect. All in one.
If I can find the 3 days needed to put it into words & the webspace for the pics I will
I don't know about the "accurate" bit though
Fantastic Deano, much better than the tutorial I did! . Realise how lacking information mine was now, thanks for doing this .
May 09
Arf sorry Future P, I hadn't realised you did one, didn't want to undermine yours in any way, but thanks anyway
I did a search for your tutorial FP and I posted in it as well, that's what a short memory does for you lol
Last edited by Deano; 11th December 2006 at 17:56.
Just what I've been looking for. Thanks very much indeed. A relative new boy
I appreciated finding your instructional piece, Dean. Much obliged. Clear enough for even me to assimilate. Regards..
Is there any way that this really useful tutorial could be obtained in a printable form - say .pdf version?? I have tried to print it out but I lose script at the sides or the printer throws a wobbly and stops after a couple of pages.
I would be most grateful for some help
Many thanks
Check your PMs raffer
Is this for fsx or fs2004?
It will work in principle for any flight sim but it was written for FS9
Deano, after several years away from Flight Simulator, I found your very clear tutorial a huge help for reminding me how to use the HSI and other ILS instruments.
However, when I try to reproduce your circuit of Heathrow, taking off from runway 9R (ident IBB) and following your notes, I find that the runway ident throughout the flight shows (and sounds) ILL, which of course is for runway 27L, the reciprocal approach on the same NAV1 frequency, with the result that the localizer deviation bar moves the 'wrong' way for my intended landing.
I've carefully checked all my settings to ensure they are the same as yours. Can you suggest what I might have missed or be doing wrong, or whether there is a way to force recognition of IBB?
Thanks, Hugh
Last edited by HughG; 24th December 2009 at 16:15.
Deano, for a novice and only part-time flyer, I found this extremely helpful and instructive.
Many thanks and a Happy Christmas.
What really matters is what you do with what you have.
Under what conditions does ATC enforce ILS protected areas, with their more conservative hold points, and what phraseology is likely to be used? I occasionally fly at airports with special protected hold points, but I dont think Ive ever been told to hold at one of these points as opposed to the usual hold points next to the runway. Are they used only when Cat III operations are in progress, or when Cat III might be in progress, or what? Are they used for other types of ILS operations?
I did a little testing on this and it seems FS will change the ident when you are over ½ way into the runway, i.e if you place yourself on 09R you'll get IBB, if you slew down the runway you'll ident ILL at the mid way point.
Once airborne I would imagine this would be the case too, so if you are approaching 09R from the East then it may ident ILL until you are ½ way abeam 09R if you see what I mean. This is evident in my picture but so long as you have the correct course selected for the runway then the HSI should display correctly regardless.
Wait until you are mid point downwind and then check the ident out, ensure you have 094 set in the course window
Normally when LVPs are in progress, if the Vis is less then 550mtrs here in the UK (subject to local procedures) then you are into CAT II territory, so the ILS has to have a protected area like you said. The CAT III hold point is normally co located with a CAT II hold should that airport be CAT III equipped.
The phraseology is not much different, they tell you hold at the protected hold instead of the normal CAT I hold.
What normally happens in LVPs is pilots will give position reports, i.e "Entering rwy xx" and "airborne" etc
Hope this helps
Hi, Deano,
Happy New Year to you and thanks for your reply.
I was still not getting IBB when in takeoff position on 09R, nor anywhere else. However, I eventually found that if I used the scenery library to disable the UK2000 LHR that I have installed, everything worked OK.
I now need to find out why the UK2000 scenery is giving this problem.
Thanks once again for your tutorial.
Hi Hugh
Happy New Year to you too.
I've never come across that before, is there anything on the UK2000 forums? Gary might have a fix somewhere, I'll have a dig around
A very interesting thread found here
It could help with your issue but you'll have to locate the freeware scenery causing it.
Hi, Deano,
The problem was down to me using a version of UK2000 Heathrow designed for FS2002, which I'd linked to when I installed FS2004. Once I deleted the old version and installed the version for FS2004, all the problems disappeared. The answer was at http://www.s114327879.websitehome.co...rowpro/faq.htm (number 3)
Thanks for the various pointers and hints.
Kind regards,
Last edited by HughG; 8th January 2010 at 21:35.
Hugh, really pleased you have it sorted, that's a relief. On with the flying now
Hey It stands for Instrument Landing System and is a precision approach. It can guide pilots right down to the runway, even in zero visibility. In many cases, there are also high-intensity lighting arrays installed to enable a safe landing. An ILS consists of two independent sub-systems, one providing lateral guidance (localizer), the other vertical guidance (glideslope) to aircraft approaching a runway. When the NAV1 radio is tuned to a localizer frequency, a second receiver, the glide-slope receiver, is automatically tuned to its proper frequency.
Thanks for the enlightenment aarenlainey
I think BlueRobin was being facetious. Your wish may come true soon. by 2015 most NDBs & VORs will be decommissioned and P-RNAV/RNP approaches will become the norm
We'll still have ILS and PAR. Have you noticed that NDB's are disappearing slowly? I think VORs have a forecast shelf past 2015 (I've heard around 2020) as long as they can still find the bits. I can't think of a single person I know who'll be regretting the demise of NDB. I have my renewal in March 2014, too much to ask for them to be gone by then I suppose.
Yes we'll still have ILS, but I would hazzard a guess that this will not be at every airfield in the UK. Apparently alot of the Scottish VORs are due to be decommissioned (DCS TLA TRN etc). You only have to look at what is happening with the ILS' in this country, as they break down they are not being replaced. My home airfield Exeter Rwy 08 is a casing point.
P-RNAV/RNP approaches will become the norm sooner than we think, the issue is, the airlines are preparing for it (I've just done the training in the sim) but GA is not. This will force the GA industry in this country to spend an awful lot of money upgrading their fleets, or replacing them. It is going to be a messy transition for them that's for sure.
I actually like doing NDB approaches at work, it's a break from the norm and keeps the skills fresh, but I'm a sadist like that, non precision approaches, coupled with wind & turbulence is right up my street
Good luck with the renewal when it comes around.
Ah but what are you doing your NDB approaches in? Is it a pro bit of kit or a 172 with a non rotating card...
I fly from a mil airfield, be interesting to see what they intend doing regarding ILS, PAR etc. I can't see the mil getting rid of alternatives, GPS etc is too easily jammed/offset. You're right about a major upheaval for GA, the only way around it is for smaller stand alone GPS units to be certified for approaches. Which will no doubt multiply their price by a factor of ten. Not many people fly without at least a stand alone GPS these days (I use an Aware 5+), not particularly because the UK is difficult to nav around, but there's just too much airspace to bust.
hmm, a Dash 8 Q400? But it does suffer from the worst ADF Dip I have ever encountered, and we're doing about 160kts groundspeed on average, and if you leave the autopilot in it's classed as cheating, and it is also cheating if you use the ND and FMS overlay, so in effect it's just a big C182
That's right, I'm not sure about hand held devices though, it's going to have to be a fixed GPS with the correct RNP capabilities. I am not sure hand helds can give this type of accuracy, especially when conducting an RNP approach. I would imagine they'd give reasonable & suitable P-RNAV performance, I guess time will tell.
Really nice post its very use full thanks
Hey Dean, nice article you posted back in 2006 there! Cheers mate!
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In his second year as the men's basketball coach at Virginia Commonwealth University, Shaka has become "one of the most talked-about young coaches in the game," sayeth the AP. This all happened very quickly. First, VCU beat USC in the NCAA Tournament's "First Four." Then the Rams demolished Georgetown. Two days later, Purdue met a similar fate, and VCU entered the Sweet 16 as a media darling. By this point, anything Shaka did or said was a newsworthy event. After the Purdue game, a Sports Illustrated writer reveled in a courtside hug between my brother and my mom. When I called mom to ask about it, she said she'd just gotten off the phone with the Washington Post. "The reporter was asking about his early character-building experiences," she said.
With different dads, different last names, and different ethnic backgrounds, most people wouldn't assume we're related. Certainly not when it comes to sports. My younger brother had many great sports mentors. I am not one of them. No, I was the kid who got beaned in the back of the head because he was watching the clouds during baseball practice. I bombed out of high-school basketball as a benchwarmer on the freshman "B" team. The last time I played a serious pickup game I broke three bones in my foot. Yet when I visited VCU's basketball arena recently, I couldn't resist shooting around. Shaka, ever the motivator, told me, "You're improving!" Very funny, coach.
The only example I might have set for Shaka remains pretty dubious: I turned down the University of Chicago to attend Middlebury College. Four years later, Shaka turned down Harvard to study and play basketball at Kenyon. It is possible, though, that the shared love in our family for the documentary Hoop Dreams—a VHS tape worn down by many viewings—may well have played a subliminal role in my becoming a film critic and Shaka becoming a coach. There's obviously some kind of genetic predisposition in our family for obsessively watching tape. (And since every factoid about Shaka is now of great interest, let me add this: He also likes nature documentaries featuring big cats.)
Videotape is how Shaka got his start in Division I, dissecting games as director of basketball operations for Oliver Purnell's team at the University of Dayton. He later rejoined Purnell during his brilliant rebuilding campaign at Clemson, afterward moving to Florida as one of Billy Donovan's assistants. That first job in Dayton started about eight years ago—"only" eight years ago, according to the pundits who emphasize Shaka's youth (he's 33). In those eight years, though, I've never seen anybody work harder.
As I've followed Shaka and the Rams in the NCAA Tournament, I've noticed two things. First is the genius of the VCU pep band, which is unstoppable. Second, watching my brother coach is like watching him play basketball in high school and college. He was known as an unselfish playmaker—he's Kenyon's all-time leader in assists—and his team definitely takes after its coach. In last week's game against Purdue, the Rams had an amazing 26 assists.
I'm sure that the good will that surrounds Shaka right now will outlast this year's tournament, although it's reached a pretty remarkable peak. His fan base stretches from Dick Vitale (who says that Shaka's "got the whole package") to countless denizens of the Twitterverse. "AunteeL," for one, says, "Do NOT bet against a guy named Shaka Smart. The word 'smart' is right there!"
This is the Madness talking, and Shaka tells me he's been too swamped to check Twitter recently. It's probably just as well, although I'm saving one note for him. It's from Jennie Duvernay, a former librarian at Kenyon who remembered Shaka as an undergraduate. "Shaka Smart," she tweeted, "was outstanding stdnt & freq library user. … Knew he'd be successful!"
In fact, Shaka could have been a university teacher. His college professors pushed for graduate school in American history, and Shaka's dossier of inspiring quotations (including Thoreau and Shakespeare on Twitter) delighted NPR's "All Things Considered." I know he loves to win and hates to lose, but I think Shaka sees coaching as a more intense form of teaching and mentoring.
After I got to San Antonio in advance of Friday night's game against Florida State, I had to ask my brother about all the hype. While I certainly don't want to spend my time with my brother acting like a reporter, I'm genuinely curious about how all this works.
"It is what it is," Shaka says in his smiling voice. He's only focusing on his team, about to go and watch tape long into the night, as ever.
"And after the hype?"
"Life, but with a little bit less attention."
That sounds all right.


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As Jeff notes, the Best American Fantasy series is moving to Underland Press for the future, starting with Best American Fantasy 3 guest-edited by Kevin Brockmeier. We owe thanks to Prime and Sean Wallace for helping the series get launched.
The much-delayed second volume is, apparently, now available. Folks who got advanced copies seem to like the book, which includes stories by Rick Moody, Kage Baker, Peter Beagle, Kelly Link, Jeffrey Ford, Judy Budnitz, and other writers equally deserving of mention. For a sense of the book, check out Liz Hand's review at F&SF or the story-by-story reading at Bookspot Central.
Volume three is shaping up nicely, and we've nearly settled on the contents, so once we have done that and I've secured reprint permission for everything, I will post the contents here.


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While there's not a whole lot of groundbreaking stuff going on in this OS X release, it's still got some nice features oriented towards more demanding users of Apple's desktop operating system. First and foremost, Apple finally addressed the Mac's rather abysmal support for multiple displays. Each display can now finally have its own menubar, and the dock can be visible on any screen you desire it bo on. A fullscreen application on one, and the desktop on another is also possible (it's magic I tell you). If you have an Apple TV, you can use your HDTV as an additional display. In fact, this alone is enough reason for me to buy an Apple TV - very handy.
Mavericks also adopts actionable notifications, like the ones Android introduced. You can reply to messages, delete emails, and so on, and so forth, straight from the notifications themselves. Websites can now tap into notifications as well, so that they can send you notifications even when Safari isn't running. Quite handy.
The Mac's perpetual black sheep, the Finder, also got some love. Apple finally got around to implementing tabbed file browsing in the Finder. Apple also added tagging to the Finder and other parts of the operating system, so you can, say, tag all files related to your thesis with "thesis", and easily find them from the Finder sidebar. Why you wouldn't just use folders instead is beyond me, but alas, I've never been in sync with how Apple disregards the file system.
At the lower levels, Apple also did some interesting things. The company focussed on power use, and implemented several technologies to reduce the power consumption of the operating system: App Nap, Timer Coalescing, and Compressed Memory. Compressed Memory compresses the least recently used data residing in memory using the WKdm algorithm, which not only frees up memory but also reduces the amount of swapping going in the background. Not only is this faster than swapping to disk (even to SSDs), but Apple also claims it saves power - essentially, that compressing data in memory uses less power than writing data to disk without compressing it.
As the name implies, App Nap will limit the resources allocated to invisible applications (e.g. those hidden by other windows ) and that aren't actually doing something. They're not pausing the application; they're allocating less resources to it. This should lead to obvious power use reductions. I'm curious to see if this will cause delays when switching applications - Apple obviously claims it doesn't, but I'm sceptical.
Lastly, there's Timer Coalescing.
As a final note, the old and venerable Apple Filing Protocol will no longer be the default protocol for sharing files on Macs. Instead, Apple will switch to Microsoft's SMB2, which is, according to Apple, faster and more secure than AFP, and on top of that, it also increases compatibility with non-Mac machines on a network.
All in all, Mavericks seems like a decent update - nothing revolutionary, but more than enough goodies to be interesting. There's also a number of interface tweaks to remove analog design from the operating system, which is a huge, huge plus for me. I can't wait!


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Wednesday's Afternoon Update
Florida job creation slows down in January
Florida's job creation machine slowed down in January, according to a regional report released Wednesday. Payroll processing company ADP estimated that Florida added 11,610 private sector jobs in January. That marks a big drop-off from December. More at the Tampa Bay Times.
Being too busy for love can hurt your work life
Couples who regularly strive for greater romantic love rather than companionship enjoy more satisfying relationships, according to a study published by the American Psychological Association. Research also shows how satisfying marital relationships lead to stronger job performance and higher earnings. More at the Miami Herald.
Florida ranks 5th in nation for student AP success
The state ranked fifth in the nation for the percentage of 2013 graduates who had passed at least one AP exam, meaning they showed mastery of college-level material, the College Board's "10th Annual Report to the Nation" showed. More at the Orlando Sentinel.
EDC to open hub in downtown Miami
With $175,000 in support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, EDC will base its Miami-Dade operations at Pipeline Brickell, a co-working center, and contribute to the growth of more than 40 Miami startups in the next 12 months. To do so, it will rely on its incubator model that supports business development at every stage, the organizations announced. More at the Miami Herald.
Joining U.S. marketing aimed at tourists from abroad
Southwest Florida tourism agencies have teamed with the nation's travel-promotion organization to pitch to key international visitor markets. Brand USA staffers were in Sarasota and Manatee counties last week to shoot "in-language" videos targeted to travelers from Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom. More at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.


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The nuclear power plant stands on the border between humanity's greatest hopes and its deepest fears for the future.
On one hand, atomic energy offers a clean energy alternative that frees us from the shackles of fossil fuel dependence. On the other, it summons images of disaster: quake-ruptured Japanese power plants belching radioactive steam, the dead zone surrounding Chernobyl's concrete sarcophagus.
But what happens inside a nuclear power plant to bring such marvel and misery into being? Imagine following a volt of electricity back through the wall socket, all the way through miles of power lines to the nuclear reactor that generated it. You'd encounter the generator that produces the spark and the turbine that turns it. Next, you'd find the jet of steam that turns the turbine and finally the radioactive uranium bundle that heats water into steam. Welcome to the nuclear reactor core.
The water in the reactor also serves as a coolant for the radioactive material, preventing it from overheating and melting down. In March 2011, viewers around the world became well acquainted with this reality as Japanese citizens fled by the tens of thousands from the area surrounding the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear facility after the most powerful earthquake on record and the ensuing tsunami inflicted serious damage on the plant and several of its reactor units. Among other events, water drained from the reactor core, which in turn made it impossible to control core temperatures. This resulted in overheating and a partial nuclear meltdown [source: NPR].
As of March 1, 2011, there were 443 operating nuclear power reactors spread across the planet in 47 different countries [source: WNA]. In 2009 alone, atomic energy accounted for 14 percent of the world's electrical production. Break that down to the individual country and the percentage skyrockets as high as 76.2 percent for Lithuania and 75.2 for France [source: NEI]. In the United States, 104 nuclear power plants supply 20 percent of the electricity overall, with some states benefiting more than others.
In this article, we'll look at just how a nuclear reactor functions inside a power plant, as well as the atomic reaction that releases all that crucial heat.


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Sinbad's adventure continues with Ridgefield stand-up show
As a kid growing up in Michigan, David Adkins, aka Sinbad, had lots of plans for the future.
He wanted to be a professional basketball player, a funk musician, an actor and a comedian. Not all those dreams came true, but a lot of them did.
Sinbad, who is in his mid-50s, has had a mega successful comedy and acting career. He's starred on sitcoms, had his own comedy specials on HBO and appeared in films such as "Necessary Roughness," "Houseguest," "First Kid," "Jingle All the Way" and "Good Burger."
Sinbad will perform his feel-good, family-friendly stand-up comedy act at the Ridgefield Playhouse on Thursday, Dec. 6.
During a recent phone interview, he spoke about his live show, his upcoming projects and where he got the nickname Sinbad.
Q: What can fans who've seen your work on TV expect at a live show?
A: If you watch me doing TV shows, it's different than my stand-up. It's the difference between buying a record and going to a concert. Lots of times you go, "Oh man, this is better than the record." That's what I try to give them -- better than the record.
Q: How do you come up with material?
A: It comes from everywhere ... . It's like when somebody says, "How do you write a song?" It just shows up. I've done it all these years so I always trust what comes to me. Some things will come to me while I'm onstage, some things will come to me right before I get onstage, some things will come to me because somebody in the audience says something to me. So I have no one path that information comes to me through.
Q: What drew you to comedy?
A: First, I wanted to play pro basketball. I wanted to be in a funk band, there were a lot of things. Comedy was just one of a million things I was going to do as a kid from the Midwest back in the '60s. There was no HBO; there was no path on how to get to Hollywood, so that's what I think made my experience magical.
Q: How did comedy become the main focus over sports and music?
A: It was always part of my plan. I would go play ball and then become a comic and I'd be an actor and a producer. In my little crazy mind that's what I saw. Years later I was in the Air Force and there was an Air Force talent show and I said, "I can do this." My first show was that spontaneous.
Q: I have to ask where does the Sinbad nickname come from?
A: That was my nickname from when I was in college watching old Sinbad movies.
Q: Friends gave it to you?
A: I kind of called myself that because I dug the character. He was an adventurer, he never stayed in one place, he kept moving. He was a leader, but he could lead anyone whether they were rich or poor, and he just had this ability not to fear, he was fearless.
Q: What are some of the projects you have coming up?
A: I have a band and we do a hybrid music and comedy performance. It's called Memphis Red and it's a nasty band. The band's incredible because I've got some great musicians in the band. My daughter sings with us. I'm also trying to do some more movies, write some things and see what sticks.
Q: So the old dream of being a musician is coming true?
A: Yes, the funk never died.
Erik Ofgang is a freelance writer in Connecticut; firstname.lastname@example.com
The Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 E. Ridge, Ridgefield. Thursday, Dec. 6, 8 p.m. $65. 203-438-5795, www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org.


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Less access to guns sought for GIs at risk of suicide
With nearly half of all suicides in the military having been committed with privately owned firearms, the Pentagon and Congress are moving to establish policies intended to separate at-risk service members from their personal weapons.
The issue is thorny for the Pentagon, with gun-rights advocates and many service members opposing policies that could be construed as limiting the private ownership of firearms.
But with suicides continuing to rise this year, senior Defense Department officials are developing a suicide prevention campaign that will encourage friends and families of potentially suicidal service members to safely store or voluntarily remove personal firearms from their homes.
"This is not about authoritarian regulation," said Dr. Jonathan Woodson, assistant secretary of defense for health affairs. "It is about the spouse understanding warning signs and, if there are firearms in the home, responsibly separating the individual at risk from the firearm."
Woodson, who wouldn't provide details, said the campaign would be introduced over the coming months. It would also include measures to encourage service members, their friends and relatives to remove possibly dangerous prescription drugs from the home of potentially suicidal troops, he said.
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In another step considered significant by suicide prevention advocates, Congress appears poised to approve legislation that would allow military mental health counselors and commanders to talk to troops about their private firearms. The measure, which is promoted by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, would amend a law enacted last year that prohibited the Defense Department from collecting information from service members about lawfully owned firearms kept at home.
That law, part of the Defense Authorization Act and passed at the urging of the National Rifle Association, was viewed by many military officials as preventing commanders and counselors from discussing gun safety with potentially suicidal troops. But the NRA said the provision was a response to efforts by Army commanders to maintain records of all the firearms owned by their soldiers.
The new amendment, part of the defense authorization bill for 2013 that has passed in the House of Representatives but not in the Senate, would allow mental health professionals and commanders to ask service members about their personal firearms if they have "reasonable grounds" to believe the person is at "high risk" of committing suicide or harming others.
"We're OK with the commanding officer being able to inquire," said Andrew Arulanandam, an NRA spokesman, "but they can't confiscate."
Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., who sponsored the 2011 restrictions, said he would support the new amendment "if it clears up any confusion."
"This is a national tragedy that Congress, all branches of DOD and numerous outside organizations have been working together to solve," the senator said in a statement.
The Senate is not expected to take up the bill until after Election Day.
Suicides in the military rose sharply from 2005 to 2009, reaching 285 active-duty service members and 24 reservists in 2009. As the services expanded suicide prevention programs, the numbers leveled off somewhat in 2010 and 2011.
But this year, the numbers are on track to beat the 2009 figures, with about 270 active-duty service members, half from the Army, having killed themselves as of last month.
According to Defense Department statistics, more than 6 of 10 military suicides are by firearms, with nearly half involving privately owned guns. In the civilian population, guns are also the most common method of suicide among young males, though at a somewhat lower rate.
Because suicide is often an impulsive act, separating high-risk people from their firearms is considered an effective first line of defense against suicide, many researchers say. Some military mental health specialists say the government should do much more than just amend the 2011 law.
Dr. Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, a psychiatrist, retired colonel and former mental health adviser to the Army surgeon general, said the Pentagon should aggressively promote gun safety as well as consider making it harder for at-risk troops to buy ammunition and weapons at on-base gun stores.
"At our base stores, they are increasingly having very lovely gun shops where they sell all different types of ammunition and weapons," Ritchie said. "I am troubled that on the one hand we are saying we are doing all we can to decrease suicide and on the other making it so easy for service members to buy weapons."
Many military officials say the Pentagon is not prepared to go that far. But some suicide experts see a greater willingness by senior Pentagon officials to discuss the links between firearms and suicide.
They note that several prominent retired officers, including Peter Chiarelli, a former Army vice chief of staff, have begun speaking publicly about the issue. And they note that the military has begun taking small steps to encourage gun safety, including giving away trigger locks at a recent Pentagon health fair.
"You've got to realize the cultural change when trigger locks are given out in the Pentagon," said Bruce Shahbaz, an Army suicide prevention expert. "That's huge."
In the Veterans Affairs Department, mental health counselors and suicide hot line agents routinely encourage suicidal veterans to store their guns or give them to relatives. But the issue is difficult, with concerns that some veterans avoid mental health care because they fear their firearms will be confiscated.
"It is sensitive," said Jan Kemp, the department's national suicide prevention coordinator. "We don't in any way want to imply that we would want to take people's right to bear firearms away."
Woodson, the assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, said the Pentagon's broader suicide prevention program would include measures to discourage alcohol usage by at-risk service members and remove potentially deadly prescription drugs from their homes.


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New Boston child care worker facing DWI, other charges, after arrest with child in car
February 28. 2014 10:00PM
MERRIMACK — A New Boston woman who allegedly was drunk while working at a child care center, then drove a car with her 5-year-old daughter in it, was arrested Friday on four counts of endangering the welfare of a child and one count of driving while intoxicated.
Police said Casey H. Lever, 29, was reported by a local business as being intoxicated and driving away while with a child. She was pulled over on Twin Bridge Road, "showed signs of impairment" and was arrested for DWI, police said in a release. Her daughter was released to the child's father, police said.
A subsequent investigation showed that Lever had been asked to leave while working at a child care center, where she was responsible for three infants, because she appeared intoxicated. The child care center, which police did not name, has contacted parents of the children, police said.
Lever is scheduled to appear Monday in Merrimack Circuit Court.


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HIV messaging goes communal
National HIV Testing day officially turns 18 today. While some changes in this space, such as drug cocktails and at-home HIV testing kits, can make it appear that the virus has become somewhat normalized, it's not going away. But talking with marketers shows that agencies are still struggling to help patients—and potential patients—overcome the stigma associated with the disease and to raise individuals' comfort level with testing and the need to possibly share or acknowledge deeply private information.
Recent Centers for Disease Control data shows that HIV infection rates have held steady across all age and ethnic groups between 2008 and 2010, and that African Americans remain "disproportionately affected by HIV infection." The CDC says this comes down to African American's having an infection rate of just under eight times that of whites. Hispanics are also disproportionately affected by the disease. The CDC says new HIV infections among Hispanics amounted to over 21% of new cases between 2008 and 2010. Across all ethnic groups, the highest rate of infection has been among 25-to-34-year-olds, who accounted for 31% of new infections, followed by the 12-to-24 age group, which made up 26% of new infections.
"It's about sexuality, it's about revealing things about ourselves," Digitas Health executive creative director Craig Douglass told MM&M. Douglass said that messages that take a clinical approach to the disease can ease around sensitivities, and allow frank discussion and action.
He's seeing a "more matter-of-fact approach to the virus," such as talking about it terms of a virus that is not just infecting an individual, but what he calls the "idea of a community or communal viral load." He says the get-tested message is a talking point that shows there "is a way for us all to participate...for some of us it's as simple as knowing our status."
The CDC's June 27 National Testing Day materials, which lead with "Testing makes us stronger," support this perspective. The agency is offering free tests and provides a testing center locator. The research and health organization's 2013 HIV messaging also notes that 33% of bisexual and gay African-American men are infected and 59% "don't even know it because they've never been tested or aren't testing enough."
The CDC's messaging to African-American women is slightly different, using the call to action "Take Charge. Take the Test," and telling women that knowing their status can help them care for themselves and their families. The Greater Than AIDS effort, which is currently supported by VH1 and singer Alicia Keyes, takes a similar approach, telling readers "We are empowered" and that "As mothers, daughter, sisters, friends and partners and people living with HIV, we have the power to change the course of the disease." The effort is backed by CDC, Elton John AIDS Foundation, Ford Foundation and The Black AIDS Institute among others.
The CDC is encouraging testing among gay and bisexual Hispanic men through individual and communal messages with the prompt "My reasons for getting tested" followed by text such as "my partner" and "my future."
EVP, executive creative director of copy at health4brands Sung Rno told MM&M that finding a way into the HIV conversation has required his agency to become social anthropologists in order to identify what sort of outreach will work. Agency projects, including creating a graphic novel about the disease and teaming up with the Alvin Ailey dance troupe, are among the ways his agency has sought to help clients get HIV messaging across. Ailey, a choreographer, died of an AIDS-related disease in 1989.
Rno says another challenge is that the communications have to battle more than stigmas, because an acceptance of sorts has set in, and created a sense among groups that "Oh, the big scare is over. It's not as big of a deal."


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Below is an archive of information for the community regarding the UPMC Shadyside 10-year Master Plan.
In preparation for the Shadyside Hospital Campus Master-Plan process (city staff meetings, City Planning Commission meetings etc.), UPMC needs to do some investigation work, on both the proposed Center for Innovative Science Building (CIS) (old Ford Motor Company Building) and Luna site, to assess the bearing capacity of the properties for any future development.
This information will ultimately be used by the project design team to ensure appropriate engineering, when it is determined the exact type of structure to be constructed at each location.
Below are the boring locations that have been recommended for evaluation. You will note the majority of both sites are being analyzed. Although weather dependent, we hope to begin the CIS investigative work in mid-February 2012 and be completed by early March. The Luna site work will then follow and finish later in March. Work will be done between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Relative to permitting, UPMC's contractor will go through the typical "PA One Call" notification process for utility identification.
No city permitting is required.
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For help in finding a doctor or health service that suits your needs, call the UPMC Referral Service at 412-647-UPMC (8762) or 1-800-533-UPMC (8762). Select option 1.
UPMC is an equal opportunity employer. UPMC policy prohibits discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected group status. Further, UPMC will continue to support and promote equal employment opportunity, human dignity, and racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity. This policy applies to admissions, employment, and access to and treatment in UPMC programs and activities. This commitment is made by UPMC in accordance with federal, state, and/or local laws and regulations.
Medical information made available on UPMC.com is not intended to be used as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. You should not rely entirely on this information for your health care needs. Ask your own doctor or health care provider any specific medical questions that you have. Further, UPMC.com is not a tool to be used in the case of an emergency. If an emergency arises, you should seek appropriate emergency medical services.
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DISH Home-Based Satellite TV Technician/Installer job in Midvale, UT
- Company
- Job Title
- Home-Based Satellite TV Technician/Installer
- Job Type
- Full-time
- Est. Wages
- $9.80 to $15.39 per hour (Snag Est. )
- Location
- Midvale, UT 84047
- Last Active
- 26 days
About DISH
DISH is transforming the entertainment industry. The challenges are exciting, the atmosphere is high engery and the growth opportunities are endless. We compete to win, need to achieve and look for others who feel the same way.
Quick Facts
• Founded in 1980
• Publicly traded Fortune 250 Company (ticker symbol DISH)
• Corporate headquarters located in Denver, CO.
• 20,000 employees in the U.S.
• Provides satellite TV to approximately 14 million subscribers
• Most award winning technology on the market
A successful Satellite TV Installer/Technician will have the following:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- High energy, being resourceful, and strong multi-tasking skills
- Basic computer skills; basic electronics and/or audio/video knowledge is helpful.
- Strong customer service skills; friendly, approachable and motivated with a strong work ethic and high degree of integrity.
- Ability to stand for long periods of time on a ladder, lift over 70 lbs at times, crawl into small spaces, work in all climates and remain within the individual weight requirement of 335 lbs.
- Willingness to work flexible schedules including weekends, holidays and evenings.
- High school diploma or GED preferred; college or technical/vocational school a plus.
- Must possess a valid driver's license in the State you are seeking employment in, with a driving record that meets DISH's minimum safety standard.
- Cable industry experience is a plus.
Our Home-Based Satellite TV Installer/Technicians are required to have the following:
- Minimum 5'x5'x10' covered and secured area at technician residence.
- Computer with broadband internet.
- Ability to plug in all DISH Network chargeable devices.
- Dedicated off street parking at technician residence.
- Ground floor access for equipment (preferred).
Do you enjoy physical indoor/outdoor work, talking with people, providing customer service and learning new technologies? Are you seeking an opportunity where you have independence, confidence, and control your success? Are you a natural leader who is adaptable and willing to learn new skills? Then being a DISH Satellite TV Technician/Installer is your calling. At DISH, we invest in our Satellite TV Installers/Technicians. We provide classroom and on-the-job training as well as a van, tools, and uniforms. Our Satellite TV Technicians/Installers are responsible for multiple customer visits daily which could include completing site surveys, installing satellite equipment, ensuring a quality broadband internet connection and educating our customers on our award-winning DISH Satellite TV services. Bring your computer, electrical, maintenance/repair, general labor, cable, military, customer service and/or customer relationship experience to DISH!
What's in it for you?
- $15.50 / hour
- DISH provides our technicians with paid training, uniforms, cutting edge tools, a fuel card, and a vehicle
- Progressive incentive program for providing additional solutions to customers - As you earn points, you may choose from thousands of rewards such as digital tablets, riding lawn mowers, or even airfare to Hawaii!
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Pregnant British royal Catherine, Duchess Of Cambridge has left hospital after spending three days receiving treatment for acute morning sickness.
Prince William's wife checked into the private King Edward VII Hospital in London with debilitating condition hyperemesis gravidarum shortly before the couple revealed their baby news to the world on Monday.
After spending the last three days under medical supervision, the royal left hospital on Thursday morning.
The Duchess, looking pale and tired and clutching a bunch of yellow roses, was escorted to a waiting car by her husband.
Despite her bout of ill health, she managed to smile for photographers and told reporters she was feeling "much better".
Catherine will now recover at Kensington Palace, the couple's royal residence in London.
A St James's Palace spokesman says, "The Duchess of Cambridge has been discharged from the King Edward VII Hospital and will now head to Kensington Palace for a period of rest. Their Royal Highnesses would like to thank the staff at the hospital for the care and treatment the Duchess has received."
The Duchess' departure comes two days after a headline-grabbing prank by Australian radio hosts Mel Greig and Michael Christian, who phoned the hospital pretending to be members of Britain's royal family.
They were put through to Catherine's private nurse who gave them personal information relating to the royal's condition.
Bosses at the hospital have since apologised for confidentiality breach.
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Circles on the Coordinate Plane
Lesson 1 of 17
Objective: SWBAT understand the derivation for the equation of a circle on the coordinate plane.
Big Idea: All students can tell you that "y=mx+b" or "a squared plus b squared equals c squared." Build on that and teach them to graph a circle.
Opener: How Many Points?
Today's Opener starts off easy, but continues to add complexity as students explore it. All students should be able to give what I call the "four easy points":
(5,0), (0,5), (-5,0), (0,-5)
All should recognize that these aren't the only points, however, and once they do, that's where the fun starts. (It is a judgment call from year to year whether I give students more or less challenging versions of the same problem.)
I expect my students to come to the table with different knowledge. Some will immediately recall the locus definition of a circle. Others will quickly come up with the idea that you can move five units diagonally by sliding over 3 and up 4 (or some similar permutation of that).
Hopefully, a student will confidently state that the point (5,5) is 5 units from (0,0). This leads to a rich discussion that ties in knowledge of 45/45/90 triangles, among other previous topics. Throughout the warm up I am on the lookout for these sorts of opportunities, moments to tie student thinking back to previously covered topics!
One possible teaching move here is to remind students of the distance formula. However, I find that it's useful to state clearly to students that some distances on the coordinate are "easy" to determine: anything that's simply horizontal or vertical means you just have to count. Diagonal lines require a little more work, but because we know the Pythagorean Theorem, that's not so bad. And, I leave it at that.
Resources (2)
During this segment of the lesson, I reveal these Discussion Questions to the class one at a time. As I do, I emphasize that students are not being graded on their responses. After giving my students a short amount of time to answer each question, we look at the results together. As we do, I ask students to explain why they answered how they did. What's awesome about this use of technology is that questions and ideas really roll out of kids. They like to respond to the data, to offer explanations, justifications, and conjectures about answers.
Teacher's Note: The Cornell Good Questions Project has some interesting resources related to using discussion questions in the math classroom.
Guided Notes and Exercises
I plan to work through the first two pages of the Equations of Circles Packet with my students. I prefer to use a chalk board, and to encourage students to come up and help.
The big idea here is that I want all of my students to see the connection between the Pythagorean Theorem and the Equation of a Circle. I also want students to remember what it means to graph an equation on the coordinate plane. This packet starts there, then moves into some guided notes, example exercises, and problem solving.
Tonight's homework is to get started on a Delta Math assignment about the equations of circles.
When I introduce this assignment, I provide examples for how each module works.
Resources (1)
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Exit Slip
Unit 2 Lesson 1 Exit Slip (see page 2): Write a sentence or two explaining why the center coordinates are being subtracted in the equation of a circle.
This is a question that I expect students will be asking often over the next few lessons. Now is a nice chance to pre-empt them, and, to see what they understand so far. This is one of those questions where it's ok if few students answer "perfectly" - in contrast, I expect a lot of partially correct answers that reveal a lot about student conceptions and intuitions.
Possible Extension Questions:
- How would I graph this circle on a graphing calculator like the TI-83?
- How many points are on the line y = x?
- How many points are on a circle?
- Are there different levels of infinity?


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Red Sox practice ahead of World Series
Red Sox practice ahead of World Series
Koji Uehara threw some long toss in the outfield.
David Ortiz and his teammates will be back in the World Series spotlight once again.
Ryan Dempster looked at messages written on the "Pesky Pole."
Xander Bogaerts and Brandon Workman chatted in the outfield, while Ryan Dempster took ground balls.
John Farrell led his team as they went from worst to first this season.
A section of seats in the right field grandstand are being coverted to an auxiliary press area.
Jon Lester was named the Game One starter.
Jonny Gomes waited for his turn in the batting cage.
Stephen Drew took extra batting practice, along with Will Middlebrooks.
Hank Drew, Stephen Drew's son, chased down a baseball that rolled into the 2013 Postseason logo area behind home plate.


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Established in 1985, the Julio Fine Arts Gallery has been committed to providing exhibitions that are both innovative and intellectually challenging to Loyola University and the public at large.
Located in the Julio Fine Arts Wing of the DeChiaro College Center, the Gallery also houses a permanent collection that includes prints and paintings by artists such as Rouault, Klee, and Red Grooms, as well as several African sculptures.
All gallery events are free and open to the public and draw participation from not only the university community but from local art lovers too.
Academic Year:
11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays
11 a.m. - 7 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays
1 p.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
Summer Hours:
1 p.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday
Closed on University holidays.
Kim Banister
Kim Banister runs the Julio Fine Arts Gallery at Loyola and is an artist who draws large scale figures. Her drawings, using charcoal, powered pigment and linseed oil, are gestural with single figures or multiple figures entwined. Banister has shown her work nationally. Banister received a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Cincinnati and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dickinson College. In 2012, she was awarded a fellowship at the AAMG/Kellogg Academic Museum and Gallery Leadership Seminar at Northwestern University.
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Good food guide
Barbecues: food safety
Barbecues are a great part of summer, but cases of food poisoning in the UK double in the summer months.
In June, July and August there are more than 120,000 cases of the top two bugs (salmonella and campylobacter). Some simple precautions can help you keep food safe.
Food poisoning is usually mild, and most people get better within a week. But sometimes it can be more severe, even deadly, so it's important to take the risks seriously. Children, older people and those with weakened immune systems are particularly vulnerable.
"The safest option is to cook food in the kitchen using your cooker," says a spokesperson from the Food Standards Agency. "You can then put the cooked food outside on the barbecue for flavour." This can be an easier option if you're cooking for lots of people.
But if you prefer to cook on the barbecue, the two main risk factors are:
- undercooked meat, and
- spreading germs from raw meat on to food that's ready to eat.
This is because raw or undercooked meat can contain germs that cause food poisoning, such as salmonella, E.coli and campylobacter. However, it's easy to kill these germs if you cook the meat until it's piping hot all the way through.
Cooking meat
These tips apply to all kinds of meat, including burgers, sausages, chicken, lamb, pork and beef.
When you're cooking meat on a barbecue, make sure:
- The coals are glowing red with a powdery grey surface before you start cooking. This means they're hot enough.
- Any frozen meat is properly thawed before you cook it.
- You turn the meat regularly and move it around the barbecue to cook it evenly.
Remember that meat is safe to eat only when:
- It is piping hot in the centre.
- The meat is no longer pink.
- Any meat juices have become clear.
"Don't assume that because meat is charred [black or burned] on the outside it will be cooked properly on the inside," says the FSA spokesperson. "Cut into the meat to ensure none of it is pink inside."
Raw meat
Germs from raw meat can move easily on to your hands and then on to anything else you touch, including food that is cooked and ready to eat. This is called cross-contamination.
Cross-contamination can happen if raw meat touches anything (including plates, cutlery, tongs and chopping boards) that then comes into contact with other food.
Some easy steps to help prevent cross-contamination are:
- Wash your hands every time you've touched raw meat.
- Use separate utensils (plates, tongs, containers) for cooked and raw meat.
- Never put cooked food on a plate or surface that has had raw meat on it.
- Keep raw meat in a sealed container away from foods that are ready to eat, e.g. salads and buns,
- Don't put raw meat next to cooked or partly-cooked meat on the barbecue.
- Don't put sauce or marinade on cooked food if it has already been used with raw meat.
Keeping food cool
It's also important to keep some foods cool to prevent food-poisoning germs multiplying.
Always keep the following foods cool:
- Salads.
- Dips.
- Milk, cream, yoghurt.
- Desserts and cream cakes.
- Sandwiches.
- Ham and other cooked meats.
- Cooked rice, including rice salads.
Don't leave food out of the fridge for more than a couple of hours, and don't leave food in the sun.
See the Food Standards Agency's food safety campaign.
Good food guides
Family food interactive guides
Health eating self-assessment Could your diet be putting your health at risk? Find out with this short test.
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Teen Mom trainwreck Amber Portwood is already back in jail! The 22-year-old was picked up on Thursday for a drug court violation.
According to the Indiana Herald Bulletin, Amber was not fulfilling the obligations of the drug court program while she was recovering from surgery. Amber entered the drug court program February 16th as part of her probation. The court granted her leniency while healing from surgery but apparently Amber's recuperation was exceeding the time limits deemed acceptable.
over-worked attorney Evan Broderick said, "I think things came to light that she could have been doing more." He wouldn't say why Amber had surgery, but said it was not serious. Mr. Broderick revealed Amber is in jail for recovery and could be out as early as next week once the court reviews her case. "It's not uncommon to give a sanction in jail to get them back on track," Mr Broderick added. She has not been terminated from the drug court program.
Speaking out on her behalf is her mother Tonya Portwood, who blames the court for the mishap. "They got it wrong," Tonya insists to RadarOnline. "She had surgery, and basically she was on bed rest for a couple of days."


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Managing Aid Exit and Transformation: Eritrea Country Case Study
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Joint Evaluation 2008:1:4 / Initiated by Sida in cooperation with evaluation departments in Denmark, the Netherlands, and Norway, this is an evaluation the management of donor aid exits and transformation. The Synthesis report is based on country studies of exits and tranformation processes in Botswana, Eritrea, India, Malawi and South Africa. One overall conclusion stands out: systematic exit planning with a focus on the sustainability of development outcomes is the exception rather than the rule. The evaluation ends with a set of recommendations for the formulation of shared international guidelines for aid exits and transformations.
- Nedladdning: Managing Aid Exit and Transformation: Eritrea Country Case Study
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Translation Project Coordinator/English and French (London)
Translation Project Coordinator
This position serves as the regular contact person between our clients (internal and external) and our global network of linguists.
The Project Coordinator is responsible for communicating specific detailed instructions to linguists, and managing workflows and processes. It is accountable for the final quality assurance of translation and real-time, accurate recording of activities.
Review the jobs assigned and assess needs for additional information, e.g. compilation of glossaries, previously translated similar documents, list of acronyms, technical terminology, and translation memories.
Manage translation teams and linguistic assets to ensure compliance with companys productions workflows and that quality and turn-arounds standards are met.
Select and assign translation teams, negotiate rates and deadlines and coordinate production with translators, proofreaders, in-country clients reviewers, typesetters and Customer Service Reps.
Keep salesperson/Customer Service Rep up to date at all times.
Keep project admin up-to-date at all times and maintain accurate records of all costs.
Check projects costs for accuracy and match to purchase order.
Exercise sound judgment in keeping supervisor informed of potential difficulties.
Inform supervisor of all issues affecting cost, quality and turn-around.
Check accuracy of translation prior to sending it to client or to typesetting if needed.
-College degree (BA, BS) and degree in Translation and/or interpretation or equivalent experience
-Fluent in English and French
-Strong computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Acrobat, html, xml).
-Familiarity with desktop publishing software (Indesign, QuarkXPress, Framemaker).
-Linguistic skills to include ability to create glossaries, assess quality and completeness of translations
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A quick reference guide to get you going with Angular development. It uses Angular v4 with TypeScript.
Learn some effective error handling strategies that you can use in your .NET projects.
Learn how Behavior Driven Development (BDD) works with a real-world example of how to use it.
Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) in C# using SOLID principles, with challenges and solutions.
Learn about a few JavaScript frameworks, and which one will be a good fit in your ASP.NET MVC apps
It's very common to use client script like jQuery to perform actions on the ASP.NET GridView. I have written articles in the past that shows how to use jQuery with controls like the Checkbox inside a GridView.
In this article, we will create an ASP.NET GridView which contains a Checkbox column. We will then access all the checked rows of the GridView and calculate the Sum of the values of a column and display it to the user. Sounds fun? Let's get started!
Note: If you are using jQuery with ASP.NET Controls, check out my EBook called 51 Recipes with jQuery and ASP.NET Controls.
Open Visual Studio 2010 > Create an ASP.NET site. In the code behind of the Default.aspx page, add the following class which represents a hosting plan:
Now add a GridView control to the aspx page as shown below:
Let us now bind this GridView with the custom Hosting class we created above:
Your GridView should look similar to the following:
All set! It's time for some jQuery magic now. What we will do is calculate the sum of the 'AddOn Cost' column for only those rows that are checked. Use the following jQuery code:
Let us understand this code step by step:
When a checkbox is clicked, we invoke a function called calculateSum() and pass in the column index 4. Note that column numbering starts at one, not at zero. Hence the 4th column index in our example is 'AddOn Cost'
We then use a selector as shown below, to get only those rows which are checked and return a single column with the specified numeric index, in our case 4. Using the nth-child with the index lets me iterate through each cell using children(). You may also add the GridView ID or the cssclass to the selector if you have more than one GridView's on the page.
$("tr:has(:checkbox:checked) td:nth-child(" + colidx + ")")
The entire calculateSum() function looks as shown below:
Once we have our selector, we use .each() to iterate over this jQuery object and add the column value to the 'total' variable. The parseFloat( ) parses strings into numbers.
The output is as shown below:
Note: If you are using the GridView with paging, then handling the sum of all checkboxes across all pages can be tricky. You will have to use ViewState and track all the rowID's and the column values in an array or something similar.
Alternatively, you can also use a hidden text field and every time you check a box, use jQuery to write the 'ID' of the row and 'AddOn Cost' to the hidden field (probably using a separator). Then every time you paginate, read and update these values to account for the newly selected items or deselected ones. Although it's not the same, I have written an article on how to Add TextBox values to a Hidden field using jQuery. This should give you a Head Start!
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Episode 11: Zach sits down with Bruce Willis; one of the stars of the new movie Red, to talk about the 80s and some of the prestigious awards he has been awarded.
- October 12, 2010
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Zach GalifianakisActor
Between Two FernsSeries
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Starring Zach Galifianakis and Bruce Willis
Directed by Scott Aukerman
Edited by Caleb Emerson & Daniel Strange
Produced by Scott Aukerman & BJ Porter
Crew: Brian Lane, Kevin Stewart, Dave Jones, Bo Sundberg, Sara Irving
Wardrobe: Stylist: Janicza Bravo
Wardrobe for Mr. Galifianakis: sports coat courtesy of Perry Ellis, top courtesy of Alternative Apparel, and pants courtesy of Dockers
Special Thanks: Lauren Palmigiano and Christin Trogan
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(show music plays)
Zach Galifianakis: Bruce, you can't smoke in here.
Zach Galifianakis: You can't smoke in here.
Give me this.
Zach Galifianakis: You can't smoke.
Zach Galifianakis: Thank you.
Zach Galifianakis: Hello. Welcome to another
edition of Between Two Ferns.
Zach Galifianakis: My name is Zach Galifianakis,
Zach Galifianakis: and my guest today is Bruce
Willis, movie star and harmonicist.
Zach Galifianakis: What was that? A wasp?
Zach Galifianakis: Are there wasps in here?
Zach Galifianakis: So, how many children do you have?
- Bruce: Three.
- Zach: Three.
Zach Galifianakis: Which is your favorite? Ashton?
Zach Galifianakis: Do you get his tweets?
Zach Galifianakis: Like, do you call him and go,
Zach Galifianakis: "Hey, I got your tweets!
Pretty good tweeting today."
Zach Galifianakis: When you were making The Whole
Ten Yards, were you ever worried
Zach Galifianakis: that it would be too good?
Zach Galifianakis: I'll just keep moving.
Zach Galifianakis: Did you know that some actors
turn down roles?
Zach Galifianakis: Any plans to reboot the Grumpy Old Men
Zach Galifianakis: Bruce, I'm going to need you to
loosen up a little bit.
Zach Galifianakis: This is hard for me. I'm
intimidated and you don't
Zach Galifianakis: seem to be answering the questions.
Bruce Willis: Have we started? We're not doing
any of it now, right?
Zach Galifianakis: No, no, no. We've been doing it
for about four minutes.
Zach Galifianakis: What you talking about, Willis?
Zach Galifianakis: You ever heard that before?
Bruce Willis: No. It's a little easy, I gotta tell ya.
Zach Galifianakis: Look who's talking.
Zach Galifianakis: Oh yeah.
Zach Galifianakis: Product placement.
Under the armpits?
Zach Galifianakis: Sorry.
Zach Galifianakis: Let's talk about, where do
you keep your Oscar, your Oscar trophy?
Zach Galifianakis: I mean, your Blockbuster
Entertainment Award.
Zach Galifianakis: Where do you keep that?
Bruce Willis: It's a great award. I look at it
every day and it reminds me of
Bruce Willis: what used to be. How much fun it used to be?
Zach Galifianakis: Yeah, those were the good old
days. Like, the late...
Bruce Willis: The Eighties. Eighties man, you could get away with anything.
Zach Galifianakis: Yeah.
Bruce Willis: Women were much cleaner. Much cleaner then.
Bruce Willis: Patent leather shoes and women's toenails, clicking on the
Bruce Willis: pavement, as you go by Anthropology, and you're going to
Bruce Willis: buy some candles, and just all of a sudden you're going, I can't get
Bruce Willis: the candles today Brendanna.
Zach Galifianakis: Bruce, what's wrong? I mean--
Bruce Willis: You'll see. It's all parties.
Getting blown up and down
Bruce Willis: Hollywood Boulevard, my friend,
and then the phone stops ringing, okay.
Bruce Willis: You're going to get to that
fucking point and you're going to go
Bruce Willis: now I get it. Now, I understand.
Then, you're sitting in a room
Bruce Willis: and it's just you and
all your cousins.
(crackling noise is heard)
Zach Galifianakis: What? Is that a wasp?
Bruce Willis: Don't move.
Zach Galifianakis: Where are you going?
Is that a wasp? Is that a wasp?
Zach Galifianakis: Ashton should tweet this.
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